Natural gas lags while oil soars. Some trusts win high-premium takeover bids, while others collapse following sharp dividend cuts. The rising Canadian dollar lifts share prices and dividends, yet pulls the rug out from under some trusts’ businesses. Read More
Analyst Articles
Having boxed Canada’s opposition parties into a choice between supporting his coming throne speech and forcing an election that will almost surely end with another minority Conservative government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems to have turned his skills as a political operator to the world stage and the debate over climate change. Read More
It’s prime time for 30-years-ago-today stories on both sides of the US-Canada border. Not since November 1976 had the loonie traded at parity with the greenback. Read More
Canadian trusts received a big boost today as one of the energy producers I recommend received a hefty takeover offer. This is the first such offer since the US subprime fiasco this summer. Read More
Oil prices are soaring to new heights. But Canadian oil and gas producer trusts continue to be range-bound. In fact, most have slipped a notch the past few days. Read More
Say what you will about the Canadian prime minister--and income trusts and their investors have many unkind words for him and his finance minister--but the guy is playing the game hard. And he’s playing it well. Read More
Good Canadian income trusts, like good US corporations, have to sell themselves to investors at some point. And representatives for several major oil and gas producer trusts were on hand at the Washington, DC Money Show a week ago to do just that. Read More
As widely anticipated by politics watchers north of the border, Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week extended Canada’s parliamentary vacation by a month, proroguing the current session... Read More
Few American investors have ever considered buying them. And that’s a real shame, considering Canadian real estate investment trusts (REITs) are the top performing Canadian income trust group during the past year. Read More
Novice income investors look for generous returns in only one flavor: A big dividend yield number. Many spurn the idea of growth as something that’s not worth waiting for. Read More